Thou Wert Far Off And In The Sight Of Heaven. (hymn) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE FGFG HIHI| And fell on his neck and kissed him | A |
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| Thou wert far off and in the sight of heaven | B |
| Dead And thy Father would not this should be | C |
| And now thou livest it is all forgiven | B |
| Think on it O my soul He kiss d thee | C |
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| What now are gold and gear thou canst afford | D |
| To cast them from thee at His sacred call | E |
| As Mary when she met her living Lord | D |
| The burial spice she had prepared let fall | E |
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| O what is death to life One dead could well | F |
| Afford to waste his shroud if he might wake | G |
| Thou canst afford to waste the world and sell | F |
| Thy footing in it for the new world's sake | G |
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| What is the world it is a waiting place | H |
| Where men put on their robes for that above | I |
| What is the new world 'tis a Father's face | H |
| Beholden of His sons the face of love | I |
Jean Ingelow
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